Add spaces in Fil macro (text command)

Question

Hello,

I try to output my fixture offsets with a fil macro given by KenFarley on an other topic but when i try :

CIMFIL/ON,SET,OFSETL
OFSTYP=POSTF(6,5)
OFSREG=POSTF(7,5)
IF(OFSTYP.EQ.1)THEN
IF(OFSREG.GE.54.AND.OFSREG.LE.59)THEN
$$CURREG=OFSREG
OFSCMD = TEXT/'G90 G',CONVI,OFSREG,2,';'
INSERT/ OFSCMD
ENDIF
ENDIF
CIMFIL/OFF

On my machine file i have :

...

N0054 ( / SEQUENCE TYPE : PROFILE MILLING);
N0056G90G55;
N0058 G0 Y5.232;

...

No spaces before G90 and between G90 and G55.

What is the command for output spaces ?

Thanks in advance.

KenFarley · Accepted Answer

Here's a thing that you should check that might be doing this nonsense:

Tools->NC Post Processor

Pick the option file for the machine you're trying to fix up.

Click on Operator Messages

Make sure Retain spaces in INSERT statements is checked.

KenFarley · Answer

When I output text like this to be subsequently output into the code file, I always end the TEXT/ stuff with a

, '$'

which is comma space single quote dollarsign quote

I think the GPOST interpreter sees that dollarsign as a sort of end-of-line character. It doesn't output it to the file.

Otherwise, I have noticed some weird stuff with spaces in some of the GPOST results. Seems like it is trying to make the code smaller by removing the spaces. I know they are not necessary, the machine strips them all out when I read the programs into memory, but I like them because they make the code infinitely more readable by us poor humans.

See if adding the '$' makes things behave. You might even try ending the line with ';$" since you seem to need a semicolon to end your code lines.

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